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Maximum Ride 3: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
- By James Patterson
- Genre: Science Fiction
Common Sense Media says
Flabby finale to senseless yet exciting series.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that the violence level is about the same as the previous two books, so if your kids have read this far, more won't hurt. There's nothing much else of concern here.
What's the story?
Max and the Flock have escaped from the evil scientists. Again. After some more fighting, being captured, and escaping, they end up with Ari on their side, which causes them to split up. Max, along with Nudge and Angel, are finally led by the Voice to Germany -- but only after it leads them to England and France, for no apparent reason. But then you know how these Deep Throat types are -- they never tell you anything straight out.
So after some European site-seeing, they find the Itex master headquarters, where they are ... captured again! There the evil corporation is having some sort of pep rally/gladiator bout, in which Max is to be the feature attraction. Good thing Fang has been keeping that blog.
Is it any good?
To his catalog of empty thrills and nearly plotless to-ing and fro-ing, author James Patterson adds something new -- a series of pointless plot twists. The long-awaited climax turns out to be pretty much a joke and doesn't even succeed in tying up the loose ends.
The book's ending suggests the author is hoping to continue the series (at the end of the second book, he actually asked readers to vote on it). Well, for an utterly pointless series that makes no sense at all, that, at least, makes perfect sense. When you're making tons of money, why stop?
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the flabby finale. Is there anything realistic or believable about it? Why did the author have his heroes genetically enhanced when that ended up having nothing to do with saving the world?
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Again, don't listen to the review read the kid's and parent's reviews.
The review says flabby ending... Flabby ending my beautiful butt!! I don't think they've read this book either! In order to review something you have to have read or watched it! True to his distinct writing style, James Patterson has delivered a thriller for an ending (or so we all thought!) to an amazing series that goes out with a bang. Although it still leaves your mind to imagine what happened to the flock and friends afterwords.
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STILL BEING GREAT
LOved it! Still being great and for your info this is not the end- there are more books modern(er) print outs of these ect. Im waiting for the nxt book in this amazing edge of your seat series right now. (Gonna hurt someone if it doesnt come out soon) ((and you can't help but start to thing more 'bout MAx+FANg))
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max ride awsomeness!!!!!!!!!
its awsome and if u adults dont like it ur wirdly stupid.
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Kid, 12 years old
February 2, 2011
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Maximum Ride is Top Flight!!!!!1
Love this series and Maximum Ride's prissy and swift remarks towards villains and the white coats.One of the most gripping books I've ever read since The Ghost on the Canyon.
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Still doesn't meet "The Angel Experiment", but pretty good anyway.
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Kid, 11 years old
June 23, 2011
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10+
Best Book Ever!!!!!!!!!!! It is a little bit of a advanced plot, with all the fighting and killing, but it really makes you want to read it and not put it down.
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Uhh
Hem hem hem, this is book 3. ITS NOT THE FINALE!!! No wonder they think its flabbly XD
Good book all in all. Totally agree with MaxXFang, But I get the feeling that he just through that in for the sake of it.
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Can find nohing good with the execution of this book.......
I'm reviewing the Maximum Ride books for my English project on if young adult books should be taught in schools. After reading the first book I requested to change authors, but it was to late. I'm now stuck with what was briliantly summed up earlier as "a series of pointless plot twists." As a fan and advocate of young adult fiction, it hurts me to accept these books into the usually entertaining and rewarding category. Perhaps if a teacher would read this to a second grade class, they would be the perfect audience. Then the educational highlights that some fans selected would apply.
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| Author: | James Patterson |
| Book type: | Fiction |
| Genre: | Science Fiction |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company |
| Publication date: | May 15, 2007 |
| Number of pages: | 405 |
| Hardcover price: | $16.99 |
| Publisher's recommended age(s): | 14 - 14 |
| Read aloud: | 12 |
| Read alone: | 12 |
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